includes nearly the entire contents of the whimsically decorated Ypsilanti, Mich., office where Davis spent his final years. Decorated from floor to ceiling with a dazzling array of automotive artwork, posters, scale model cars, bronze sculptures and much more,

Additionally, the contents of Davis’ extensive automotive library will also be offered, including many rare titles and first editions, many inscribed by the authors and various motorsport legends. The entire collection will be offered without reserve.The Bonhams Scottsdale Sale will take place Jan. 19, 2012 at the Westin Kierland Resort Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona

March 31st
Dream Rides for Kids
widening the world of auto enthusiasm to kids at risk,
giving them a ride in a cool car to learn what a rewarding hobby or career cars can be
"instilling self-worth, passion, confidence and hope to at-risk youth using the motivational inspiration of exotic cars and their owner-mentors. By connecting the concept of hard work, personal pride, and the rewards that come from this, DR4K hopes to create a positive influence in their lives"http://dreamrides4kids.org/

May 6th
The Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance
tickets limited to 3,000
Tickets cost between 108 and 133 each (read the rest, it's worth it, includes food, drink, Peterson Museum 2 for 1 coupon)
10:00am-4:00pm
Beverly Hills, CAwww.greystoneconcours.org
Tickets for the Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance are $108 per person when purchased in advance (taxes & service fees incl.) and $133 at the door
Ticket sales are limited to 3000 and ticket purchase includes unlimited food and drink, program book and poster, access to the estate grounds and mansion, as well as a two for one admission to the Peterson Automotive Museum.

Free parking at Beverly Hills Parking Structure (Parking Structure is located at 9333 W 3rd St) Guests will be picked up at the parking structure and transported to and from Greystone Mansion via shuttle.\
For media inquiries, please contact Agnes Gomes-Koizumi at agnes@agkmedia.com or call 323-937-5488.

June 10th
Bikers and Bombers
Two of Steve McQueen’s motorcycles from a private collection will be on display including a 1921 Harley-Davidson with a side car and his 4-stroke single cylinder 1933 Panther that in 1983 was restored for Steve by Von Dutch
Exclusive motorcycle parking, complimentary coffee & donuts, People’s Choice Bike Show (winner gets to have their photo taken at the controls of the Museum’s B-17 with a former WWII bomber pilot), “meet and greet” WWII pilots Lynn Shubert (P-38 Pilot) and Herb Guiness (B-24 Pilot). http://lyonairmuseum.org

June 16th and 17th
LA Roadsters Annual Fathers Day Weekend car show
Pomona Fairplexhttp://www.laroadsters.com/
Spectator Parking
Enter Gate #9 off White Avenue. There will be tram service available.
Show hours for both Saturday and Sunday will be 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.

June 24th
Dana Point Concours de Elegance
Dana Point is where the Interstate 5 is closest to the ocean, just south of San Juan Capistrano
on the golf links of the St Regis Monarch Beach resort in Dana Point
tickets are 30 for Sundayhttp://www.danapointconcours.org/

don't be this idiot, if you have some old rusty vehicle, and someone offers you money for it, because they want to get it going and running again, take it. Refuse the scrap metal people, I'm not with the people that just want to make money by destroying, the same goes for the "finders fee" people that are buying to resell at profit... but if someone enthusiastically says they want it, are going to make it work again... and offer money, just take it and let that piece of junk move onto another life of usefullness. Just the amount of money spent on paint and body in your area to pay your neighbor who paints, rebuilds, sells fuel line, tires, etc etc... is a good reason to see a rusty old junker move along at some young foolish kids dream of making it work.

I was a foolish young guy, and blew 24 thou into my 1969 Superbee over 5 years of replacing and improving parts. Drove it cross country 2wice, drag raced it http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-69-super-bee-was-having-good-time-in.html , and went on dates in it... all due to that last guy realizing he needed it to get out of his yard and it needed a new life. It had a dead battery, no matching tires or rims, a Tide clothes detergent bottle for a radiator overflow container, clothes line held the radiator in place, no second gear, no emergency brake, etc etc. But I made it vibrant and alive again. I sold it after 6 years of owning it, 10 years ago... to a guy who gave it a bigger engine, painted it black, and sold it 2 years ago to someone in Clearwater Florida.

If you see a black 69 Superbee near Clearwater, take a photo, get the owners email, and let me know! I've wondered how it turned out, and what it's like now

Episode One: Bridgeville | Welcome to Bridgeville | The Road We're On | Chevy Centennial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WtX-Cp_w2I this is in 1080 res, high def, full screen if you select the settings on the bottom of the video

each video is about 2 minutes long

Thanks to Jeffers High grad Dan at Big Fuel Communications for letting me know about this video, episode one, and the rest of the series that follows you can see by clicking on the episode at the end of each one you've watched

Like many members of the Royal Family, the King has a keen interest in automobiles. He owns several Porsche 911s, a vintage Volvo PV444 a Ferrari 456M GT, a Shelby AC Cobra, 1966 Shelby GT350, and BMW M3 CSL, one of only 1,500.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Found in in this months (Feb 2012) issue of Auto Enthusiast, a good all around magazine

If you get a thrill out of learning about abandoned cars, like Barn Finds, but up for grabs because they were left in the middle of no where, on public property (the desert, the wide open places between towns in the midwest) you might alos like a book by Will Shiers, it's called Roadside Relics. Which is on Amazon.com starting at 15 bucks used, all the way to a hundred bucks for new hardcover editions http://www.amazon.com/Roadside-Relics-Americas-Abandoned-Automobiles/dp/0760327483

I had never heard of them, but there were 252 66 GT 350s that started life as 1965 Mustangs, and were ordered to prepare for the stoppage of the 1965 production and retoolling time before Ford started building the 1966 Mustangs

So Shelby had to order 250 cars to have on hand for his companies conversions to GT 350s while Ford would be unable to keep up the supply. This way when Ford started selling 1966 Mustangs, Shelby would have 1966 GT350s

Astonishing quailty and style has set Dave Lane apart from the other hot rod builders, Dave has been the featured in thirty-six magazines, won sixty-three major national awards, three Goodguys Street Rods of the Year (2003,2008,2011), and the 2010 Goodguys Hot Rod of the Year.

In 1999 Lane received a call from George Poteet asking him to build a 1932 Roadster, and with the support of his family Lane quit his job to follow his passion.

The 32' roadster Lane built for Poteet went on to win the Inaugural Rod and Custom Ego-Rama.
Just three years later, Lane built Poteet another award winning car, this time a 1932 Five Window Coupe, which was named the 2003 Goodguys Street Rod of the Year and won the Ford Design award at SEMA.